Name: Poems of war, peace, women, power
Uploaded: 2011-02-04T16:06:00Z
Duration: 5 min 36 s
Description: Poet Suheir Hammad performs two spine-tingling spoken-word pieces: "What I Will" and "break (clustered)" -- meditations on war and peace, on women and power. Wait for the astonishing line: "Do not fear what has blown up. If you must, fear the unexploded."

Poet Suheir Hammad performs two spine-tingling spoken-word pieces: "What I Will" and "break (clustered)" -- meditations on war and peace, on women and power. Wait for the astonishing line: "Do not fear what has blown up. If you must, fear the unexploded."

Suheir Hammad: Poems of war, peace, women, power

Poems of war, peace, women, power

"Do not fear what has blown up. If you must, fear the unexploded." A powerful call to confront the latent dangers of unresolved conflicts.

Refusing war drums, a voice advocates for peace, crafting personal rhythms of resistance and persistence against violence.

In the throes of violence, from cluster bombs to personal loss, resilience emerges through the power of silence and witness.